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Kasz216 said:
Oh, and it's also worth noting, The US wanted Russia to declare war on Japan... up until right before they dropped the bombs.

So whether it was a deciding factor or not, Truman thought it would be.

Arguably Russia only declared war to get their share of war spoils.


What's funny is that russia did not get any war tech from Japan and the US destroyed or Sank anything they could not carry back to the States...Seems like the only thing Russia got was North Korea which turned into a Warzone almost imediately